Doc #64732 [NEW]: crypt documentation incomplete/confusing

From: petern at greenmail dot net Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *Encryption and hash functions Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:crypt documentation incomplete/confusing Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.crypt#refsect1-function.crypt-description --- In the Description for the various hash types, there is NO mention of the salt having to end in "$". But in the Examples (eg BlowFish), the salt ends in "$". Wht exactly is going on here? Is the ending "$"; required, not required, or optional? Does it's presence or absence affect the result in any way? -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64732&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64732&r=mysqlcfg